I also had the opportunity to test a few of these devices.
I dont have a listing of the areas but I know the service is only currently available in some areas of Port of Spain, doesnt work in Barataria, and works great for me home at Preysal! I cant speak for other areas...
As they said before, speeds are constant which is great, I teted the 2 mb box which gave constant dl speeds of 2 mb and uploads i think was at least 1 mb i think. I also tested an unrestricted box which went up to 10 mb which also gave constant said speed which was impressive. Not too sure what other package options will be available or if its just gonna be 1 mb and 2 mb...
The box looks just like a regular wireless router and its plug and play. Built in wifi is also available once you turn on the switch, 4 ethernet ports are also built in.
So neither blink nor flow in my area yet so this gives us people some hope!

My gf has a test unit and I must say when it works it works good....much better than the EVDO stick she has, BUT!!!

In most areas the coverage sucks balls....I live a mere 1km from a cell tower and when you're next to it, its amazing, but when ur at my home (1km from cell tower, which you can see from the porch), EVDO works better!

I can't believe TSTT wasted millions on this as its really not that much of an upgrade over EVDO.

Smokey wrote:My gf has a test unit and I must say when it works it works good....much better than the EVDO stick she has, BUT!!!

In most areas the coverage sucks balls....I live a mere 1km from a cell tower and when you're next to it, its amazing, but when ur at my home (1km from cell tower, which you can see from the porch), EVDO works better!

I can't believe TSTT wasted millions on this as its really not that much of an upgrade over EVDO.

Just as Jem said..
A rep told me its not gonna be 'officially' released, rather just a replacement for users who cant get blink so they will be calling you to come pick one up once you previously registered for blink.
I actually got my own today, cant wait to go home and test it!
Check this link out.

Just called, no you don't need a lan line for this service. As stated, its not launched as yet, but you can go in and sign up for it.

It seems to be practical, but in my area, bmobile reception is not even good, so how does that augre for my connection speed. Greendot is charging $175 for a 256 connection which is highway robbery compared to this wi-max, and GD has not even done its installation as yet, so I dont even know if that will work.

I am guessing its a good option for users like myself who don't have any other means.

This new box is not as good as the corporate one I tested in terms of functionality.
Only has 1 ethernet port compared to 4 Does not have built in WiFi capability But the speed still sweet!
Now I just need to convince them to give me one of the BM636 models instead

drunkenscorpion wrote:Just called, no you don't need a lan line for this service. As stated, its not launched as yet, but you can go in and sign up for it.

It seems to be practical, but in my area, bmobile reception is not even good, so how does that augre for my connection speed. Greendot is charging $175 for a 256 connection which is highway robbery compared to this wi-max, and GD has not even done its installation as yet, so I dont even know if that will work.

I am guessing its a good option for users like myself who don't have any other means.

Bmobile signal not good by you already? Fat chance you get anything from WiMAX. then.

mafia lancer wrote:This new box is not as good as the corporate one I tested in terms of functionality.Only has 1 ethernet port compared to 4 Does not have built in WiFi capability But the speed still sweet!Now I just need to convince them to give me one of the BM636 models instead

This is the one that we have. works really good.
Love the fact that i dont need an external antenna/dish. Now i just need one of these for Directv For ppl without land lines (flow or TSTT) this is the best option.
Trust me, canceled cariblink 6 months ago and running greendot for about 3 months.
I dont like TSTT anymore than the rest of us but they win in the wireless internet department (for now).
Price for the 1mb that i have is half that of the greendot's 256.
Cariblink just fail all over!!!

Smokey wrote:My gf has a test unit and I must say when it works it works good....much better than the EVDO stick she has, BUT!!!

In most areas the coverage sucks balls....I live a mere 1km from a cell tower and when you're next to it, its amazing, but when ur at my home (1km from cell tower, which you can see from the porch), EVDO works better!

I can't believe TSTT wasted millions on this as its really not that much of an upgrade over EVDO.

Imagine loading a page on my Ipone taking 2 to 5mins....I've seen my cousin's Iphone loading up the same site in 10secs or less in FL on AT&T's much bad mouthed 'slow' 3G network.

F*CKING 2G EDGE!!! is the best we can do in Trini??? eh?

And I read Digicel want to do WiMAX too? Are these companies stupid or are we trini's just dumb and don't know what we're missing out?

Yea Digicel's bringing it out very soon. They too will have their fixed modem phase, then use it with phones.

Wi-Max provides quad services such as phone, video, voice, data and cable TV. Wi-Max provides more quality and speed and the data transfer rate can be up to 70 Mbps. The 802.16d standard supports directional antenna base equipment i.e. user has to have a static connection and it does not support the roaming users. The 802.16e standard supports the small chips embedded in the motherboard. It is comparatively a cheap solution because no extra equipment would be required to make a Wi-Max connection.

WiMax is considered 4G afaik. What tstt have there is capped it seems.
And Duane told us this over a year ago, that both carriers are'nt bothering with 3G because they reached too late. They both planned to go straight to 4G. BTW, that evdo dongle for blink on the go isn't 3G? But it's cdma, so tstt can't share the wealth with the phones on that one. It sucks anyway.

Digicel should have the WiMax in it's test phase in less than a month they said. That will live for about a year, then go over to mobiles. I'm guessing TSTT will do the same?

WiMax is considered 4G afaik. What tstt have there is capped it seems. And Duane told us this over a year ago, that both carriers are'nt bothering with 3G because they reached too late. They both planned to go straight to 4G. BTW, that evdo dongle for blink on the go isn't 3G? But it's cdma, so tstt can't share the wealth with the phones on that one. It sucks anyway.

Digicel should have the WiMax in it's test phase in less than a month they said. That will live for about a year, then go over to mobiles. I'm guessing TSTT will do the same?

How are you so sure TSTT using going to 3G? Nortel has collapsed and I'm sure they're looking for a new vendor, LTE is still expensive to deploy with limited CPEs, LTE may become widespread around 2013. I wouldn't be shocked it TSTT introduced 3G voice and data services. Most 3G equipment can be modified for LTE, only the CPEs maybe different.